Regardless of the goal, the action is the same, putting money at the heart of the web.
And of course Brave is free, for the same reason Google stuff is free, because Brave wants to put ads in front of you. If there is something more scummy than websites filling themselves with ads, it's a browser filling other people's sites with ads. If Brave is the poster child of this new web, then that's a sure sign that the entire idea is flawed from the ground up.
Regardless of the goal, the action is the same, putting money at the heart of the web.
And of course Brave is free, for the same reason Google stuff is free, because Brave wants to put ads in front of you. If there is something more scummy than websites filling themselves with ads, it's a browser filling other people's sites with ads. If Brave is the poster child of this new web, then that's a sure sign that the entire idea is flawed from the ground up.
I think you should take a look at Brave advertisement system. It's based on consent of user.